Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

BTGO

Code 6

LIMLAP

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Curved (up or down)
Eye Color: Black-brown to dark brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Streaked
Crown Color: Brown streaked with rufous.
Forehead Color: Brown, buff and rufous.
Nape Color: Gray-brown
Throat Color: Red-brown
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 41 cm (16 in)
Weight: 306 g (10.8 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Brown, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: Red-brown
Upperparts: Gray-brown
Back Pattern: Mottled
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with strong steady wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 69-74 cm (27-29 in)
Wing Shape: Tapered-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Barred
Upper Tail: Gray-brown or black bars.
Under Tail: Red-brown
Leg Color: Dark Gray

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